This beloved Pennsylvania Dutch dessert comes straight out of my 1958 edition of The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book by Ruth Hutchison — one of my favorite vintage finds. The original recipe calls ...

A solid chocolate cake recipe is like a little black dress. It’s the kind of dessert that’s always good to have in your back ...

Perhaps the most compelling story behind a recipe was the one submitted by Margaret Barron of Milwaukee. Her late mother-in-law,Tina Buchter Strobos, was a medical student when the Nazis occupied ...

Whenever Mom reached into the cupboard for her recipe box, we could count on a treat. That recipe box was given over mainly to dessert ideas. My mother cooked simple, hearty meals from memory. My ...

Every season can be considered "baking season" if that means more chocolate cake. Obviously, the core ingredient of any chocolate-based dessert is a cocoa powder of sorts, and the recommended type of ...

This darkly decadent chocolate cake relies on a stout with a cult following. If you’re feeling naughty, drizzle it with ...

Like chocolate, cocoa powder is made from cacao beans. After the beans are processed into a paste known as chocolate liqueur, some of the cocoa butter is removed and the remaining solids are ...